His tribute single "Candle in the Wind 1997", a rewritten version of his 1974 single in dedication to Princess Diana, sold over 33 million copies worldwide and is the best-selling chart single of all time. He has more than fifty Top 40 hits in the UK Singles Chart and US Billboard Hot 100, including nine number ones in the UK and US, as well as seven consecutive number-one albums in the US. John has sold over 300 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling artists of all time. He entered into a civil partnership with Canadian filmmaker David Furnish in 2005 they married after same-sex marriage became legal in England and Wales in 2014. From the late 1970s to the late 1980s, John developed a severe addiction problem to drugs and alcohol, but has been sober since 1990. John was the chairman and director of Watford F.C, from 1976 to 1987, and again from 1997 to 2002, and is an honorary life president of the club. He established the Elton John AIDS Foundation in 1992, which has raised over £300 million since its inception, and a year later he began hosting his annual Foundation Academy Awards Party, which has since become one of the biggest high-profile Oscar parties in the Hollywood film industry. Outside of music, John is an HIV/AIDS charity fundraiser and has been involved in the fight against AIDS since the late 1980s. His life and music career were dramatised in the 2019 biopic Rocketman. In 2018, John began his ongoing farewell tour Farewell Yellow Brick Road, which will conclude in 2023. He has also had success in musical films and theatre, composing music for The Lion King, Aida, and Billy Elliot the Musical. John continued his success in the 1980s and 1990s, having several hit singles and albums in both decades, and has continued to record new music since then. John's critical success was at its peak in the 1970s, when he released a streak of chart-topping albums in the US and UK, which began with Honky Château (1972) and culminated with Blue Moves (1976). John released his debut album Empty Sky in 1969, and a year later formed the Elton John Band and released his first hit single, "Your Song". For two years, they wrote songs for other artists, and John worked as a session musician for artists. After leaving Bluesology in 1967 to embark on a solo career, John met Taupin after they both answered an advert for songwriters. John was raised in the Pinner suburb of London and learned to play piano at an early age, forming the blues band Bluesology in 1962. His songwriting partnership with Taupin is one of the most successful in history. John's music and showmanship have had a significant impact on popular music. Collaborating with lyricist Bernie Taupin since 1967, John is acclaimed by critics and musicians, particularly for his work during the 1970s, and his lasting impact on the music industry. Commonly nicknamed the "Rocket Man" after his 1972 hit single of the same name, John has led a commercially successful career as a solo artist since the 1970s, having released 31 albums since 1969. Sir Elton Hercules John CH CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight 25 March 1947) is a British singer, pianist and composer. All suggestions will be manually verified.Collaborated with John Lennon during his solo career, also covered the Beatles song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds Its not possible to enter the url of a release group. You can make changes to the tracklist directly on MusicBrainz.Įnter the url below of the most international release on MusicBrainz. Click the button on the left to link a MusicBrainz release to this album (authorization required). All tracklists are provided by MusicBrainz, an open content music database.
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